For summer classes too, Ebola fear is real
OluwaseyeThe scare of Ebola virus is gradually frustrating school summer activities, FOLASHADE ADEBAYO reports Drop the word in a market place and it is sure to cause a stampede, instantly mimicking...
View ArticleTraining excites PZ Cussons Chemistry winners
The finalists in the inaugural edition of the PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge have commenced their internship with the ...
View ArticlePolice promote 1,945 teachers, plan French education tour
The Directorate of Police Education, has promoted 1, 945 teachers of its secondary and primary school teachers nationwide. Those involved include 25 teachers now promoted to directors and...
View ArticleGroup blames poor WASSCE results on underfunding
Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom WikeA non-governmental organisation, the Education Rights Campaign, has described the result of this year’s May/June West African Senior School Certificate...
View ArticleWinners emerge in Olashore School’s competition
Barkley Science Magnet School, Ogudu, Lagos has emerged the overall best school in this year’s Inter-Primary School Challenge for schools in Lagos State. For emerging the best, the school received a...
View ArticleTake your responsibility seriously, proprietor advises parents
The Proprietor, Great Solid Rock School, Alagbado, Lagos, Mr. Oladipo Simeon, has called on parents and guardians to be more committed to the training of their children and wards. Oladipo made the call...
View ArticleKnocks over WAEC results
The recent results of the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination have further underscored the dwindling fortunes of education in the...
View ArticleUS tops Shanghai university rankings, China on rise
American universities have again outranked more than 1,250 other higher education ...
View ArticleUNIOSUN-ASUU, governing council differ on suspension of programmes
UNIOSUN admin blockThe Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Osun State University and the institution’s Governing Council, are at loggerheads over the alleged cancellation of some academic...
View ArticleWinners of NNPC/ESSO scholarship set for study abroad
L-R: Senior Representative, Public Affairs, ExxonMobil, Mr. Ozemoya Okordion; recipients of NNPC/EEPNL Postgraduate Scholarship Award, Mr. Ikenna Okwara; Miss Oluwadamilola Soyoye; and representative...
View ArticleOgun tertiary institutions devise measures against Ebola
| credits: International SOSAuthorities of many tertiary institutions in Ogun State have put in place measures to prevent the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus disease on their campuses. Officials of...
View ArticleVC tasks students’ union exco on discipline
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has advised members of the Executive Committee of the institution’s Students Union to exhibit a high level of discipline while...
View ArticleNIM seeks involvement in NUC’s accreditation
The Nigerian Institute of Management has called on the National Universities Commission to ...
View ArticleOlopade, others for UI summit
Leading academics, including a professor of Medicine and Clinical Director, Centre for Global Health, University of Chicago, United States, Sola Olopade, will converge on the University of Ibadan, Oyo...
View ArticleJAMB asks students to check admission status next week
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday assured the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates that they would know their admission status by next week. The JAMB Registrar,...
View ArticleBest graduating pupil ties success to sacrifice
The 2013/2014 best graduating pupil of ST and T Regency International School, Ikeja, Lagos, Kolawole Oluwafikunwa, has advised other pupils ...
View Article‘Bond with your child this holiday’
The Chief Operating Officer, Centre for Sex Education and ...
View ArticleLawmaker presents classrooms, ICT facilities to Oyo schools
The Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Hosea Agboola, has presented a block of three classrooms...
View ArticleImbibe proper hygiene culture, proprietress tells pupils, parents
As the Ebola Virus Disease fear grips the nation, the Proprietress, Livnchrist Schools, Agbado, Lagos State Mrs. Biola Olaoye, has ...
View ArticleLightup Foundation advises govt on better funding
The Chief Executive Officer of a United Kingdom-based non-government group, Lightup Foundation, Olasubomi Aina, has urged the Federal Government to invest more in education. This is...
View ArticleEdumark promises to teach administrators fresh enrolment strategies
Education consulting group, Edumark Consult, has promised to teach proprietors and school administrators the rudiments of school marketing and positioning in a competitive environment. The programme,...
View ArticleWAEC inaugurates fresh initiatives, moves to check malpractice
The West African Examinations Council has inaugurated the Walk-in-Candidates initiative for candidates sitting for its examinations. The Head, National Office of WAEC Nigeria, Mr. Charles Eguridu...
View ArticleKeeping Ebola at bay in schools
Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau | credits: www.nigeriavotes2011.comSchools are putting in place measures to protect their pupils against the Ebola Virus Disease, MOTUNRAYO JOEL writes It is no...
View ArticlePart-time programmes tear UNIOSUN leadership apart
Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University, Prof. Bashiru OkesinaStakeholders fight for the soul of the Osun State University, Osogbo, FEMI MAKINDE writes Peace is threatened at the seven-year-old Osun...
View ArticleDay FUNAAB paraded its specially-bred animals
FUTA main gate | credits: futa.edu.ngThe Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research at the Federal University of Agriculture...
View ArticleControversial higher education reforms in doubt
In a universally unpopular budget last May, Australia’s...
View ArticleNigeria among beneficiaries of UK scholarship programme
An education-consulting group, Knowledge Development Opportunities Inspire Nigeria, says Nigeria is one of the countries to benefit from student scholarship under the Scholarship UK programme. Other...
View ArticleUrgent calls to close gap between research, teaching
There is a risk that higher education in Sweden will collapse, warned University Chancellor Harriet Wallberg in a recent article in Dagens Nyheter. “The...
View ArticleUI releases post-UTME results, offers six scholarships
Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac AdewoleThe University of Ibadan has released results of the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, with a promise to offer the best six...
View ArticleYoloye highlights advantages of studying abroad
A Professor Emeritus, Ayotunde Yoloye, has said that education in Nigeria will improve if quality and relevant aspects of educational system in advanced countries were adopted. Yoloye, therefore, urged...
View ArticleArt school promises better days for painting
Illuminators Academy is set to teach pupils and individuals the art and business of special effects painting. This development, according to the academy, will change the mindset that painting...
View ArticleProprietor makes case for ICT education
The Proprietor, Modelak Science College, Ilorin, Kwara State, Chief Moses Dele, and a former Director of the state Universal Basic Education Board, Mr. Shuaib Mohammed, have called for a science and...
View ArticleUK ‘second best education in Europe’
The United Kingdom is in second place among European countries and sixth overall in a global education league table. South Korea is top, with three other Asian countries and ...
View ArticleEducationist says CBT’ll reduce exam malpractice
The Chairperson, Babcock University Schools Management Board, Dr. Janet Ola, says Computer Based Test introduced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board will go a long way in reducing...
View ArticleOyo okays free meal for pupils
The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has approved free meal for...
View ArticleWAEC: Deputy governor-elect blames poor performance on teachers’ motivation
The Deputy Governor-elect in Ekiti State, Dr. Kolapo Olusola, has blamed the poor performance of students in public examinations, including the West Africa School Certificate, on poor motivation of...
View ArticleAnxiety greets FG’s postponement of resumption over Ebola
School proprietors and other stakeholders differ over the Federal Government’s October 13 resumption date, Folashade Adebayo writes The Federal Government’s directive cancelling summer schools and...
View ArticleProprietors mobilise against Ebola disease
The state chairman, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Mr. Yomi Otubela, has urged private ...
View ArticleSuccess excites pupils at science competition
•L-R: Winners of the primary school category, Enameguono Aroesiri; and Adaverihi Efere; General Manager, Public and Government Affairs, Mobil Producing Nigeria, Mr. Paul Arinze; and winners of the...
View ArticleNGO prepares pupils for computer-based testing
A non-governmental organisation, Truth for Change Initiative, has said its free holiday classes are to bridge the gaps between the pupils in rural communities and those in urban centres. The group’s...
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